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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/284 
6 March 2006 
 (06-0973) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Commission of the European Communities.  Health & Consumer 
Protection Directorate-General Directorate E – Food Safety:  Plant Health, Animal Health 
and Welfare, International questions. 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Cereals (1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008), foodstuffs of 
animal origin (0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206, 0207, 0208, 0209, 0210) and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the European Communiti es (EC) and third countries exporting the 
products concerned to the EC. 
5. Title, language and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Directive amending the Annexes to Council Directives 76/895, 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC 
and 90/642/EEC as regards maximum residue levels for captan, folpet, carbaryl, deltamethrin, dichlorvos, endosulfan, ethion,  fenithrothion, methidathion and oxamyl  
(SANCO/10105/2005). 
6. Description of content:  These draft annexes change some EU maximum residue levels 
(MRLs) of captan, folpet, carbaryl, deltamethrin, dichlorvos, endosulfan, ethion, fenithrothion, methidathion and oxamy. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests:  Taking into account consumption data  in the EU and in view of 
new scientific data for these ten substances, the EU Rapporteur Member States have proposed to reduce some MRLs.  In certain cases, the proposal lowers the MRLs to the 
LOD. 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  During the 37th Codex Committee on Pesticide 
Residues held in The Hague (18-23 April 2005), the EC raised already its concern to the 
Committee about the different ARfDs between EC and JMPR (see ALINORM 05/28/24). G/SPS/N/EEC/284 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Codex document:  
ALINORM 05/28/24 Codex Committee on Pestiicide Residues Session 37;  "Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards programme Codex A limentarius Commission;  Twenty-eighth 
Session, Rome, Italy, 4-9 July 2005".  See: http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/reports.jsp
 
Annexes of European Union Document:  (SANCO/10105/2006). 
 European Commission document:  (SANCO/10654/2005).  When adopted it will be published at the Official Journal available at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2006
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  As soon as possible. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Nine months after adoption at the latest. 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: